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ArticleOncotarget2018

Vitexin induces apoptosis by suppressing autophagy in multi-drug resistant colorectal cancer cells.

Monika Bhardwaj, Hee Jun Cho, Souren Paul, Rekha Jakhar, Imran Khan, Seon-Jin Lee, Bo-Yeon Kim, Manigandan Krishnan, Tejinder Pal Khaket, Hee Gu Lee and 1 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Molecular Mechanisms of Vitexin: An Update on Its Anti-Cancer Functions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Monika BhardwajDepartment of Biotechnology, Daegu University, Kyoungsan, Kyoungbook, Republic of Korea.
Hee Jun ChoImmunotherapy Convergence Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Souren PaulDepartment of Biotechnology, Daegu University, Kyoungsan, Kyoungbook, Republic of Korea.
Rekha JakharDepartment of Biotechnology, Daegu University, Kyoungsan, Kyoungbook, Republic of Korea.
Imran KhanDepartment of Biotechnology, Daegu University, Kyoungsan, Kyoungbook, Republic of Korea.
Seon-Jin LeeImmunotherapy Convergence Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Bo-Yeon KimDepartment of Biomolecular Science, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Manigandan KrishnanDepartment of Biotechnology, Daegu University, Kyoungsan, Kyoungbook, Republic of Korea.
Tejinder Pal KhaketDepartment of Biotechnology, Daegu University, Kyoungsan, Kyoungbook, Republic of Korea.
Hee Gu LeeImmunotherapy Convergence Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Sun Chul KangDepartment of Biotechnology, Daegu University, Kyoungsan, Kyoungbook, Republic of Korea.
Daegu University · KRKorea University of Science and Technology · KRKorea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer treatment is limited due to the diverse multidrug resistance acquired by cancer cells and the collateral damage caused to adjacent normal cells by chemotherapy. The flavonoid compound vitexin exhibits anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor activity. This study elucidated the antitumor effects of vitexin and its underlying mechanisms in a multi-drug resistant human colon cancer cell line (HCT-116

Indexed as

apoptosisautophagycolorectal cancermultidrug resistancevitexin

Identifiers

PMID29423046
PMCPMC5790463
OpenAlexW2772840463

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